Shelby, NC Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

City Code Sec. 38-36 makes it unlawful to dump, deposit, or bury solid waste, garbage, refuse, or hazardous waste anywhere within Shelby unless the disposal method conforms completely with applicable local, state, and federal regulation. The provision sits in the solid waste chapter's disposal division alongside the rules for leaves, limbs, and building debris, and it reaches dumping on vacant lots, rights-of-way, and other spaces, not just curbside violations. Enforcement runs through the city's general civil-penalty schedule in Sec. 1-5: a notice of violation starts a ten-day cure period, after which citations can be issued and escalate for repeated or continuing violations.